The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-29
ALI lawns that were 6, z and
8 cts, now reduced to 5 cts. per
yard, at Northrup's.

came before it at its recent session. II
will BE- remembered that Willoughby
is now in our county Jail for an assault
on Harry BOeken, an account of which
was published in the REGISTER at the
time it occurred. Mr.. Stevenson says
that two or three members of the Lea.
que appeared before the Board in be-
half of Willoughbv. The Board asked
them whether the League had submit
ted in good faith to the decisions of the
Courts, and they were obliged to admit
that it had not. Upon further inquiry
the Board learned the actual state vi
facts as they exist in this county,
learned that the League had repeated
lywinked at il It had not actually coun-
seled violation of the law, and that
many crimes against property and per-
son had been committed without the
criminals having been brought to JUS
tice. Taking all these things into con-
sideration the Board concluded that
the peace and good order of this coun-
ty in the futurewould.be best conserved
by permitting Mr.. Willoughby to serve
out his sentence. It may not be much
c ,nsolation to Willoughby to know
that the lawless nature of the organi-
zation to which he belongs is princi-
pallv Responsible for the denial of his
petition, but such seems to be the fact.
The Commissioners had lively ses-
sion Tuesday, the matter under con-
sidelation being the calling of an elec-
ton in Cottage Grove township to vote
on proposition to give bonds in aid of
the Fort Scott and Chanute railroad.
Those in favor of the election presen-
ted a petition signed by the requisite
number of tax payers, while those Op.
posed to the election presented re-
monstrance, in which certain ones who
had signed the first petition asked to
have their names removed. The ques-
ton was referred to County Attorney
Benton and he held that as the remon-
STRANGE was not provided for by law
it could not be considered. The Com
missioners thereupon ordered an cleo.
ton and the call will be found else
where in this paper. We have not
talked with a sufficient number of the
citizens of Cottage Grove to learn what
the general sentiment on the matter is.
1t meets with the approval, however,
of a number of the most substantial
farmers in the township and will have
some strong advocates.
In riding about the country it will
often be noticed that one field of corn
is green and thrifty and has never
stopped growing a day, while just
across the road on the same kind of
land the corn will be badly fired and
show great injury from the drouth.
Observing and intelligent farmers tell
US that in nearly every case this differ
ence is due to the manner of farming.
They say that in every instance where
the ground was plowed deep i'm the
spring and was thoroughly cultivated
during the season, the corn has with.
stood the drouth without injury. On
the contrary, where the ground was just
scratched and then indifferently cul-
tivated the corn has suffered from the
drouth. If these reasons are the true
ones-and we have not heard them
contradicted-our agricultural readers
ought toprofit by the statement of
them.
And now comes Prof. VanDeman
with letter to the C0urdnt stating
that Mr.. GOring is altogether mistaken
in supposing that the sweetened corn
cobs which he hung in bis plum trees
had anything to do with his big plum
crop. He quotes Prof. Riley, who is
certainly good authority, as saying
that ''sweetened corn cobs hung in
plumb trees would no more destroy
the curculio than they would fatten
a COW if hung on her horns" Never
theless the fact that the first time he
tried the experiment was also the first
time he secured perfect fruit, is sim
gular coincidence, and we expect Mr..
Goring will hang sweetened corn cobs
in his trees next year.
In the current issue of the Philadel.
phia Medical Ne,ps the movements of
the base ball pitcher are described as
follows. 1.-THE in-curve calls into action
most particularly the pectoralis major,
the biceps, brachialis anticus, and fex-
ors of the forearm. The out-curve af-
fects the pectoral major, and ulnar
muscles. The dOwn-curve strains most
especially the pectoralis major, ira
pezius, deltoid, and serratus magnus.
The up-curve is mostly caused by the
pectoralus major, biceps, and supinator
brevis." We understand now why
the Humboldters got in so many runs
last Friday. The lola pitchers coraco-
brachiatis and infraspinatus were out
of order. Strange We hadn't thought
of that before.
We have taken considerable pains
to find out who is responsible for TAX
ing the preliminary examin alton of
Mr.. Samuels to lola, but have so far
been unable to do SO. The offense was
committed in Moran: the witnesses
are all living here, Or in this immediate
vicinity, and the examination ought
to be here. We have q competent JUS
tice, and it would have cost the county
two or three hundred dollars less to
have held it here. 1t would also have
saved the witnesses, many of whom
arc among our business men, a vast
q mount of time and trouble, had it
been held here instead of at lola
Moran Herald.
The game between Humboldt and
lola last Friday did not really settle
the question as to which of the two
towns had the better club. As mat
ter of fact, az Indicated elsewhere, the
game was played by the two imported
batteries and the especially
the umpire. What we want to see is
a game between lola men and Hum
boldt men umpired by man from
Garrett or Moran or Yates Center.
In other words, give us a square deal
all around.
The republicans Of Butler county are
not ''stuck" on dark horses. They
have the Crawford county system of
primary elections and theyprOvide that
every candidate who is voted for must
have been announced in one or more